Articles by Christian F. Rostbøll

August 4, 2023

🔮 How populism fails to respect the people

Christian F. Rostbøll

We often hear that populist parties offer recognition and make people feel better about themselves. This sounds very innocent. So why does populism often turn into a threat to a pluralist and respectful democracy? Christian F. Rostbøll argues that it is exactly because of the way populism recognises the people

Christian F. Rostbøll

Professor of Political Theory, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

Christian holds a PhD from Columbia University.

His main research interests are democratic theory and populism, theories of respect and recognition, and Immanuel Kant’s moral and political philosophy.

He has published numerous articles on political and democratic theory.

Democratic Respect: Populism, Resentment, and the Struggle for Recognition
Cambridge University Press, 2023

Compromise and Disagreement in Contemporary Political Theory
Edited with Theresa Scavenius, Routledge, 2018

Deliberative Freedom: Deliberative Democracy as Critical Theory
SUNY Press, 2008

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